The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
2:10 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1614
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.02° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.57° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.40° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.